OCTOBERFEST 2025 - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9

Email from John M:

Hello Men of the Parish, Brothers, and Friends,

Oktoberfest is coming!  When?  Sunday, November 9th at 2:00 pm. 

Please plan to attend and to have a wonderful time with other men of the parish, a great meal, and tasty beverages!

Information is located in the attached notice.  Doug and Shellie L are kindly hosting us again! 

Please pass this on to your parish groups, teams, and other men in the parish!   

This year we request that everyone register in advance.  The QR code in the flyer will lead you the “purchase” page to register and pay, or use this link:

Register for Oktoberfest!

Let us know if you have questions.  Put this on your calendar! 

See you there!    Mmmmm . . .  are those brats I smell cooking? 


November Meeting - Saturday November 1, 2025

Our November meeting will be Saturday November 4, 2025 at 6:45 am, in the meeting room off the commons.

We’ll start at 6:45 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend 8:00 am Mass.

The Doctors we will cover will be identified shortly.

You can find information about them in

Doctors of the Church by Pope Benedict

or

The 35 Doctors of the Church” by Fr. Christopher Rengers and Dr. Matthew Bunson which is available at this link.

Need a volunteer to facilitate our November meeting.

Thanks to Pat A for facilitating our October meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

OCTOBERFEST 2025 - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9

Email from John M:

Hello Men of the Parish, Brothers, and Friends,

Oktoberfest is coming!  When?  Sunday, November 9th at 2:00 pm. 

Please plan to attend and to have a wonderful time with other men of the parish, a great meal, and tasty beverages!

Information is located in the attached notice.  Doug and Shellie L are kindly hosting us again! 

Please pass this on to your parish groups, teams, and other men in the parish!   

This year we request that everyone register in advance.  The QR code in the flyer will lead you the “purchase” page to register and pay, or use this link:

Register for Oktoberfest!

Let us know if you have questions.  Put this on your calendar! 

See you there!    Mmmmm . . .  are those brats I smell cooking? 


Virginia Society for Human Life - Help Needed 10/7

On October 7, St. Bridget is a hosting at the Middle School building, Olivia Gans Turner from the Virginia Society for Human Life for a talk about some of current Virginia legislative proposals.

Ahead of her talk, we need to check people in and set up for and manage the pre-talk reception.

We’d also need some ushers to help folks find their seats, etc. for the talk.

All told we need folks between 5:30 until 7:30 when the program gets under way.

If you can help out, please contact Jo Ellen Schneider at jschneider@saintbridgetchurch.org

or sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4FA8AB2CABF8C16-58217448-wwm#/

October Meeting - Saturday October 4, 2025

Our October meeting will be Saturday October 4, 2025 at 6:45 am, in the meeting room off the commons.

We’ll start at 6:45 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend 8:00 am Mass.

We will cover St. Gregory the Great and St. Isadore of Seville (Chaps. 13 and 14 of the Pope Benedict Doctors of the Church book)

You can find information about them in

Doctors of the Church by Pope Benedict

or

The 35 Doctors of the Church” by Fr. Christopher Rengers and Dr. Matthew Bunson which is available at this link.

Thanks to Pat A for volunteering to facilitate our October meeting!

Thanks to Mike K for facilitating our Septembert meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

October Meeting - Saturday October 4, 2025

Our October meeting will be Saturday October 4, 2025 at 6:45 am, in the meeting room off the commons.

We’ll start at 6:45 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend 8:00 am Mass.

We will cover St. Gregory the Great and St. Isadore of Seville (Chaps. 13 and 14 of the Pope Benedict Doctors of the Church book)

You can find information about them in

Doctors of the Church by Pope Benedict

or

The 35 Doctors of the Church” by Fr. Christopher Rengers and Dr. Matthew Bunson which is available at this link.

Thanks to Pat A for volunteering to facilitate our October meeting!

Thanks to Mike K for facilitating our Septembert meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

OCTOBERFEST 2025 - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9

Email from John M:

Hello Men of the Parish, Brothers, and Friends,

Oktoberfest is coming!  When?  Sunday, November 9th at 2:00 pm. 

Please plan to attend and to have a wonderful time with other men of the parish, a great meal, and tasty beverages!

Information is located in the attached notice.  Doug and Shellie Lynch are kindly hosting us again! 

Please pass this on to your parish groups, teams, and other men in the parish!   

This year we request that everyone register in advance.  The QR code in the flyer will lead you the “purchase” page to register and pay, or use this link:

Register for Oktoberfest!

Let us know if you have questions.  Put this on your calendar! 

See you there!    Mmmmm . . .  are those brats I smell cooking? 


October Meeting - Saturday October 4, 2025

Our October meeting will be Saturday October 4, 2025 at 6:45 am, in the meeting room off the commons.

We’ll start at 6:45 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend 8:00 am Mass.

We will cover St. Gregory the Great and St. Isadore of Seville (Chaps. 13 and 14 of the Pope Benedict Doctors of the Church book)

You can find information about them in

Doctors of the Church by Pope Benedict

or

The 35 Doctors of the Church” by Fr. Christopher Rengers and Dr. Matthew Bunson which is available at this link.

Thanks to Pat A for volunteering to facilitate our October meeting!

Thanks to Mike K for facilitating our Septembert meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

October Meeting - Saturday October 4, 2025

Our October meeting will be Saturday October 4, 2025 at 6:45 am, in the meeting room off the commons.

We’ll start at 6:45 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend 8:00 am Mass.

We will cover St. Gregory the Great and St. Isadore of Seville (Chaps. 13 and 14 of the Pope Benedict Doctors of the Church book)

You can find information about them in

Doctors of the Church by Pope Benedict

or

The 35 Doctors of the Church” by Fr. Christopher Rengers and Dr. Matthew Bunson which is available at this link.

Thanks to Pat A for volunteering to facilitate our October meeting!

Thanks to Mike K for facilitating our Septembert meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

October Meeting - Saturday October 4, 2025

Our October meeting will be Saturday October 4, 2025 at 6:45 am, in the meeting room off the commons.

We’ll start at 6:45 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend 8:00 am Mass.

We will cover St. Gregory the Great and St. Isadore of Seville (Chaps. 13 and 14 of the Pope Benedict Doctors of the Church book)

You can find information about them in

Doctors of the Church by Pope Benedict

or

The 35 Doctors of the Church” by Fr. Christopher Rengers and Dr. Matthew Bunson which is available at this link.

Thanks to Pat A for volunteering to facilitate our October meeting!

Thanks to Mike K for facilitating our Septembert meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

October Meeting - Saturday October 4, 2025

Our October meeting will be Saturday October 4, 2025 at 6:45 am, in the meeting room off the commons.

We’ll start at 6:45 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend 8:00 am Mass.

We will cover St. Gregory the Great and St. Isadore of Seville (Chaps. 13 and 14 of the Pope Benedict Doctors of the Church book)

You can find information about them in

Doctors of the Church by Pope Benedict

or

The 35 Doctors of the Church” by Fr. Christopher Rengers and Dr. Matthew Bunson which is available at this link.

Thanks to Pat A for volunteering to facilitate our October meeting!

Thanks to Mike K for facilitating our Septembert meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge's Statement on the Assassination of Charlie Kirk - Catholic Diocese of Arlington

Kozak's Korner - Resources/Events

As Mike mentioned at our meeting Saturday, here is a link to the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage:

https://rosarypilgrimage.org/

ETWN Series on Doctors of the Church (hat tip to Pat A)

ETWN is rerunning a series on the Doctors of the Church. It is in the wee hours (Mondays 4 AM) but can be recorded for later viewing.

Evening of Recollection for men this Thursday evening, 6:00pm at the Benedictine Abbey

Email from Mike and Steve R:

Gentlemen,

We will be having an Evening of Recollection for men this Thursday evening, 6:00pm at the Benedictine Abbey, 12829 River Rd, Richmond, VA 23238.  Fr. Brian Capuano will be leading us in prayer and adoration.  The plan is for this to happen the second Thursday of each month, through May, 6:00pm at the Benedictine Abbey, eventually moving to the new St Gertrude Chapel likely as soon as October. I hope you will be able to join us, and please feel free to invite a friend.  THIS WILL BE THE FINAL EMAIL TO THIS LIST. SEE BELOW

 NEW EMAIL LIST SIGN UP.  If you would like to receive emails for the Evening of Recollections, please inform Frank R at the following address. To receive new emails regarding Evening of Recollections in Richmond email Frank and put in subject line “EOR Email List”:  Frank R fjrusso3@gmail.com   

 Thank you.

September Meeting - Saturday September 6, 2025

Our September meeting will be Saturday September 6, 2025 at 6:45 am, in the meeting room off the commons.

We’ll start at 6:45 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend 8:00 am Mass.

We will cover St. Cyril of Alexandria and St. Leo the Great ( Chaps. 11 and 12 of the Pope Benedict Doctors of the Church book)

You can find information about them in

Doctors of the Church by Pope Benedict

or

The 35 Doctors of the Church” by Fr. Christopher Rengers and Dr. Matthew Bunson which is available at this link.

Thanks to Mike K for volunteering to facilitate our September meeting!

Thanks to Mike K for facilitating our August meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

Catholic Movie on St. Maximillian Kolbe being Screened in Richmond

Emails from John M & Mike K:

Hello Friends,

 Mary P, daughter of Brother Ray P and a parishioner of St. Bridget, is hosting a screening on the opening weekend of Triumph of the Heart, a wonderful story about Saint Maximillian Kolbe and his amazing sacrifice and demonstration of our faith during WWII. 

 

From Mary: 

 

Please consider joining in at the screening and filling the theater on September 14th at 4:00 pm.  Ticket reservations & donations are the only way to guarantee the theater booking and there are only 4 days left for those who are interested. The movie is entirely Catholic-made, and tells the story of Saint Maximillian Kolbe’s witness to Christ at the Auschwitz concentration camp. I got to watch the rough-cut several months ago and it’s not only a really powerful story, but a beautiful piece of Catholic art.

 

If you’re interested in attending/supporting the screening’s funding, here is the link (with the movie trailer to watch as well). I hope you and your family/friends can attend!  St. Maxamillian Kolbe’s story is a particularly moving one for men of faith!  I would love to make this happen and word of mouth is our only means!  We are 2/3 of the way to our goal!

 

The trailer below is well done, and at 1:50 in the trailer the writer and director of the film, Anthony D’Ambrosio, comments on the wholly Catholic nature of the film.

 

The link to purchase tickets is included below, too.  The theater is filling up quickly!    

 

Please forward to your groups for consideration.  Thank you, all!

CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT